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| Tango; aka Tobi's Lion Dancer, is the newest addition to our family !! He is a Rhodesian Ridgeback from Jane and John Leiphart's Tobi Kennels in Manchester, PA. I am planning on a show career for Tango starting in January of 2008, if he is ready for the show ring at six(6) months.
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| "I'm king of the dirt pile!" |
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| The Rhodesian Ridgeback is a native of South Africa. The breed's long history dates back to early in the 16th century when the first white men explored the interior on the Cape of Good Hope and found with the Hottentot tribes a domesticated dog with the hair on his spine being turned forward. This is the condition which we now refer to as the "ridge". The only other known dog which has the peculiarity of such a ridge is found on the island of Phu Quoc in the Gulf of Siam. Intelligent and ever alert, their heads are held high with pride they are the only breed of dog in the world that can keep a lion at bay for the hunter to kill....and live! The Ridgeback has also been used very successfully for hunting bobcat, mountain lion, bear, coyote, deer, wild boar and raccoon in the United States, Canada and Mexico. There have also been reports of Ridgebacks having been trained to point upland game and retrieve game and fowl.
Tango and our other dogs are getting along fine, and Tango also loves chasing the cats at times; but has been very careful with them. He is such a joy and I can't wait to get him into the show ring for him to show off his attitude!!
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| Sharing the sofa with Trooper |
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| I just know there's a bone under Latte's hair somewhere!!! |
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| March 16th 2008 |
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